Re: [Evolution] using skype

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:45 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Good point. What I should have said is that IMHO Evo is not going to
> > implement a special Skype button. What is more conceivable, if there
> > were sufficient demand, is a general-purpose "Phone this contact"
> > button, which the user could set up to use whatever VOIP app he
> > preferred. I've no idea how practical this is (e.g. how many of the VOIP
> > apps allow you to specify the phone number from the command line or via
> > a DBUS message?)
>
> Or probably more logical - get Skype to implement a plugin to get
> contact information from the Evolution database.

Hmmm, good luck with that. They haven't even updated their Linux version
in line with the Windows one.

poc